£126m Hollywood star Ricky Gervais makes stunning Sunderland admission to Roy Keane and Jill Scott
Sunderland Til I Die on Netflix continues to influence people far and wide, including Ricky Gervais…
Hollywood megastar Rick Gervais has admitted Sunderland got him back into football.
The comedian recently appeared on an episode of The Overlap with ex-Sunderland player Jill Scott, former Black Cats boss Roy Keane and former England players Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher and Ian Wright.
The Netflix series has been widely viewed around the world with the fortunes of the club under Ellis Short, Stewart Donald, Charlie Methven, Juan Sartori and Kril Louis-Dreyfus shown to the masses, including relegations, Wembley heartbreaks and eventual promotion, with Gervais one of many who tuned in.
Gervais: “I was aware of everything I got, but I got back into it in COVID with a lockdown when they were doing those games sort of, you know, with no crowd and they were having a great time and I just got into it with someone to watch”
Gervais: “And then and then what really got me back into it was a documentary, is it Sunderland Til I Die?”
Scott: “That’s my team.”
Gervais: “I just love that show, I just wanted it more.”
Keane: “Was it because they were bad?”
Gervais: “What do you mean?”
